Archive for July, 2013

Sudan signs the National CAADP Compact

The Republic of Sudan has become the 12th member state in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region to sign the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Compact. The Sudan National CAADP Compact was signed during a high level meeting held on the 30th July 2013, in the capital city Khartoum bringing […]

IFAD highlights Africa’s potential for Agriculture

The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) sildenafilviagra-rxstore.com has challenged Africans viagra blue pill to take advantage of the continent’s agriculture potential and not to sell land blindly. IFAD President Dr. Kanayo Nwanze observed that Africa’s agricultural potential is currently underutilised despite many existing opportunities. Delivering a keynote address during the official opening of the […]

Consider Wheat as a strategic crop in the CAADP Investment Plans-CIMMYT

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) appealed to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to consider wheat as a strategic crop in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) regional investment plan due to increasing demand. This was stated during the side event on ‘Wheat for food security in Africa’ […]

Development Partners impressed with COMESA & ECOWAS progress on CAADP agenda

Development partners are impressed with progress made by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS) in implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). European Commission Head of Rural Development, Food Security and Nutrition Jean-Pierre Halkin disclosed this during the official opening of […]

University don urges COMESA to adopt a post harvest policy and strategy for alternative market

“The problem of agriculture in Africa is not under production but overproduction. If you call farmers to produce, they will quickly produce and overproduce. So the problem is that in Africa, we have no strategy for handling surpluses”. These black box warning sildenafil were words of Dr. Gichuki Muchiri, a University of Nairobi agricultural engineer […]